Women from the School of Information at Florida State University brought home accolades from the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) conference this weekend. Many iSchool faculty, students and alumni attended the conference in Atlanta, Ga. ALISE focuses on Library Information Studies educators and researchers. Florida’s iSchool is ranked as the #13 Best …
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iSchool Women Recognized at ALISE 2017
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Florida State University’s School of Information (FSU iSchool) faculty and doctoral students will be attending the ALISE Conference from January 17-20 and the ALA Midwinter Meeting January 20 – 24 in Atlanta! Meet with iSchool director, Lorri Mon and iSchool faculty members, Melissa Gross, Lynne Hinnant, Don Latham, Marcia Mardis and Besiki Stvilia. Here’s where …
CONTINUE READINGKazmer Named Editor of Library Hi Tech Journal
Dr. Michelle Kazmer, Professor in the School of Information at Florida State University, has been named editor-in-chief of Library Hi Tech, effective August 2016. Kazmer will succeed Dr. Elke Greifeneder and Dr. Michael Seadle of Humboldt University in Germany. Kazmer, an information scientist with extensive experience in the library science and information field, says that …
CONTINUE READINGMardis Keynotes MAME Conference
Marcia Mardis, Associate Professor in the School of Information and CCI Assistant Dean has long been a player in school librarianship and digital learning. In her research she explores digital learning resource collection, description, and use. Her unique research not only yielded two recent books, numerous grants and the popular Web2MARC cataloging software, but also …
CONTINUE READINGIT Alumna Uses Skills to Create the Ultimate Marketing Experience
Shayla Perry’s (B.S. ’02) day-to-day working as a Experiential Event Manager may include coordinating with celebrity chefs and organizations like the PGA tour, but she still remembers her roots as an IT student at the School of Information. “I initially was a Management Information Systems major because I loved computers, but I also had a …
CONTINUE READINGHow to Never Settle – ICT Alum Gerard Massey Talks Career Advancement and Fulfillment
“No matter where you are in your career, whether a student or CIO of a Fortune 500 company, there’s always someone better than you. I say this because you can always learn from someone. Everything you do in life is a learning opportunity. Seize it and soak in everything you can.” Gerard Massey (BS ’13) …
CONTINUE READINGCCI Women Leading in Tech
by Chelsea Schneider Since the beginnings of the computing era, women like Ada Lovelace, Grace Hopper, and recent Presidential Medal of Freedom winner Margaret Hamilton have made significant contributions to the computing field. Yet despite the achievements of these role models, the overall rates of women in technology have historically been underrepresented. Women can often …
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